EXHIBIT 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in  Registration  Statement  No.
33-65786 of Datawatch  Corporation  on Form S-8 of our report dated November 25,
1996  (which  expresses  an  unqualified  opinion and  includes  an  explanatory
paragraph relating to the merger of Datawatch  Corporation and WorkGroup Systems
Limited, which has been accounted for as a  pooling-of-interests),  appearing in
the  Annual  Report on Form 10-K of  Datawatch  Corporation  for the year  ended
September 30, 1996.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


Boston, Massachusetts
December 26, 1996